Avengers Infinity War Poster Suggests Marvel Film And TV Mashup

Why Is This Important?

Because the MCU is ever-expanding.

Long Story Short

Robert Downey Jr has shared a poster on Facebook, which seems to suggest that the hotly anticipated film Avengers: Infinity War and its sequel will bring together not only the characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man…), but also those from the Marvel TV Universe (Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage…). Avengers (and various friends and acquaintances) assemble!

Long Story

If the Avengers are the formation of a superhero supergroup, the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War will feature the formation of a superhero supergroup of supergroups by bringing together characters from across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But is that superhero supergroup of supergroups going to include even more supergroups? Or is Marvel going to calm the f*** down?

One person who isn’t averse to an exponentially swelling cast is Robert Downey Jr, who shared this poster on Facebook, alongside the status: “Excited?”

But before you start getting too hyped about this impending orgy of A-List superheroes, there are quite a few caveats to bear in mind. As comic book site The Outhousers notes, this poster is likely a fan made image. In fact, ‘Part I’ and ‘Part II’ are no longer the titles for the films in question, as Marvel have officially named them Avengers: Infinity War and Untitled Avengers.

Regarding the combination of Marvel’s film and TV universes, the International Business Times reports that Infinity War’s co-director, Anthony Russo, told Portuguese language site Super Interessante: "It's complicated. When we start to serialise the telling of stories it’s difficult. You have to have a lot of control and focus on the course of history. The films are controlled by a group led by Kevin Feige, so they function as a unit. Other products, even if they are from Marvel, are controlled by others. Then there is the possibility of a crossover, but is more complicated. It is a smaller version of the problem that exists when thinking that Fox has the rights to certain characters, Sony and others."

One thing the poster does get roughly right is the release dates – Infinity War is scheduled for release on 4th May 2018, while Untitled Avengers is out on 3rd May 2019.

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Should have called it Avengers: Infinity Cast.

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